Ignore everyone here saying fix Ubuntu and try Fedora Kinode (or Silverblue). Bazzite is probably great too if you are gaming but I haven't tried it.
I finally tried Fedora Kinode after years of Ubuntu (and related distros) and I genuinely wish I had tried it sooner. Everything just works. I cannot reccomend it enough. It's what I always wanted Linux to be.
I've actually tried Zorin and was really impressed! My favorite use of GNOME I've seen for sure. Though it's technically Ubuntu based (which is Debian based).
Agreed on all counts! I really can't express enough how impressed I am.
requires a fair bit of post-installation configuration
This is crazy to me because of all the distros I've tested over the years Fedora Kinote is by FAR the one I've had to do the least amount of tweaking with. It's almost boring how "just works" it is. It's honestly changed my perspective of what a distro can be.
It works with Fedora, Windows and Macintosh. It worked with Ubuntu until a month ago. It doesn't work with a fresh install of Ubuntu with default settings.
There, now you have all the same information I have.
It worked perfectly with Ubuntu until recently. It worked perfectly with Windows and Macintosh. It worked perfectly with Fedora.
It didn't work with a fresh install of Ubuntu and several other distros in the same family.
Now I know what you're about to say- you're about to say it could have worked if I had only X Y or Z. But that's not my point.
My point is that newbies don't want to troubleshoot everything.
I have not but it was actually on my list of distros to try if Fedora didn't work out. I should give it a look.
idk I have only needed the terminal once, with Ubuntu/Gnome it was a daily occurrence.
It's not a RAM problem lmao it rarely crashed on Windows and it's not crashed with Fedora either.
I have tried Linux as a DD on and off for years but about a year ago I decided to commit to it no matter the cost. First with Mint, then Ubuntu and a few others sprinkled in briefly. Both are "mainstream" "beginner friendly" distros, right? I don't want anything too advanced, right?
Well, ubuntu recently updated and it broke my second monitor (Ubuntu detected it but the monitor had "no signal"). After trying to fix it for a week, I decided to wipe it and reinstall. No luck. I tried a few other distros that had the same issue and I started to wonder if it was a hardware issue but I tried a Windows PC and the monitor worked no problem.
Finally, just to see what would happen I tried a distro very very different than what I'm used to: Fedora (Kinode). And not only did everything "just work" flawlessly, but it's so much faster and more polished than I ever knew Linux to be!
Credit where it's due, a lot of the polish is due to KDE plasma. I'd never strayed from Gnome because I'm not an expert and people recommend GNOME to Linux newbies because it's "simple" and "customizable" but WOW is KDE SO MUCH SIMPLER AND STILL CUSTOMIZEABLE. Gnome is only "simple" in that it doesn't allow you to do much via the GUI. With Fedora Kinode I think I needed to use the terminal maybe once during setup? With other distros I was constantly needed to use the terminal (yes its helped me learn Linux but that curve is STEEP).
The atomic updates are fantastic too. I have not crashed once in the two weeks of setup whereas before I would have a crash maybe 1-2 times per week.
I am FULLY prepared for the responses demanding to know what I did to make it crash and telling me how I was using it wrong blah blah blah but let me tell you, if you are experienced with Windows but want to learn Linux and getting frustrated by all the "beginner" distros that get recommended, do yourself a favor and try Fedora Kinode!
edit: i am DYING at the number of "you're using it wrong" comments here. never change people.
Any modern distro.
I don't suppose you could give the name of a distro that achieves full functionality purely in the GUI?
I'm using GNOME thanks that link looks helpful
A bash script is like a shell script in Windows. It is a text file that runs multiple commands in order. As if you opened the terminal and typed them in yourself.
Udev rules I need to learn about but based on context I have to assume it's a tool for running scripts when specific events happen (like a monitor being plugged in)
Thanks. I know my way around bash scripts but I guess it's time to learn Udev rules. Are you aware of any examples I can find online?
I see. For me, the step of memorization is time-consuming, especially for a program I only need on rare occasions and for simple tasks.
Right, and they only demonstrated limited functionality.
There are apps that can do it, but require the terminal to install.
Also in every distro I've tried, config files will open read-only, not with the authentication pop-up.
In your opinion what makes a terminal program "more useful" than a GUI program with the exact same functionality? Genuinely curious because it's a perspective I cannot wrap my brain around lol
I have a laptop that spends some of it's time docked to a monitor and keyboard/mouse. I would like to know how to change some settings depending on if it's connected to the dock or not. Is there a program that can help with this?
Some possible use-cases include:
- Changing size of the taskbar to smaller/bigger
- Changing the behavior of the taskbar to auto-hide
- Changing the font size smaller/bigger
- Changing power settings performance/battery saver
- Enabling/disabling auto brightness
- Enabling/disabling keyboard backlight
These are just a few things I can think of but can provide more.
Something like Android's Tasker but for Linux would be great.
In other words, I can successfully install things like a windows user, I just have to go the extra step to open the file’s properties and make it executable with the GUI first.
Some programs can be installed this way, but it's extremely far from universal.
Config files can be edited in the GUI text editor
Not without opening them as root, which in every distro I know of, requires the terminal.
To test my claim and prove your third point, this link is the repository for a samba GUI
The install directions for that program involve the terminal.
Strong disagree lol but I understand your logic. I am a visual learner and it is a lot easier for me to understand what the structure and options are in a given program when I have a GUI.
To me the terminal feels like a scalpel. It's a precise instrument, but only you need to know exactly what you're slicing into.
And apt is just the beginning of it. It's not that uncommon for apt to not work either.
I occasionally need to know the names of programs. I asked here about "Run as Administrator" being added to the context menu (like in Windows), and the response was basically "can't be easily done". an example is if I wish to edit a config file it cannot be done without accessing the terminal. Knowing the name "gedit" is the real name of "text editor" is useful information in this use-case.
I am not afraid of the terminal, but I would never prefer it over a GUI. is there a way to find a program name/install location from right-clicking-details (or something)? So then I could open a terminal and "sudo programname"?
(As an aside, I prefer Linux overall, but every distro I've tried has a strong sense that if you're using the GUI you don't need or deserve admin controls. Program names in the menus are almost always different from their names in the terminal, and many what I would consider normal system settings, like the ability to act as an administrator, find where a program is installed are terminal only.)
This is Ubuntu with all the default stuff
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EDIT: I always expect a degree of hostility and talking-down from the desktop Linux community, but the number of people in this thread telling me I am using my own computer that I bought with my own money in a way they don't prefer while ignoring my question is just absurd and frankly should be deeply embarrassing for all of us. I have strongly defended the desktop Linux community for decades, but this experience has left a sour taste in my mouth.
Thank you to the few of you who tried to assist without judgement or assumptions.
I found a (lengthy) guide to doing this but it is for gksu which is gone. I have to imagine there's an easy way. I am running Ubuntu. There is no specific use case, it is just a feature I miss from windows.
EDIT: I always expect a degree of hostility and talking-down from the desktop Linux community, but the number of people in this thread telling me I am using my own computer that I bought with my own money in a way they don't prefer while ignoring my question is just absurd and frankly should be deeply embarrassing for all of us. I have strongly defended the desktop Linux community for decades, but this experience has left a sour taste in my mouth.
Thank you to the few of you who tried to assist without judgement or assumptions.
I use Google tasks for my todo list. This GNOME extension is nice and minimal and just what I'm looking for, and it uses todo.txt. Is there an easy way to sync my changes with Google, similar to how the GNOME calendar app does?
EDIT: Endeavor (GNOME "To do") seamlessly integrates with Google Tasks and ostensibly todo.txt but I can't get it to recognize the todo.txt (I'm not sure it would sync todo.txt > Endeavor > Tasks even if it was working, however).
“GitLab received a DMCA takedown notice,” it confirmed.
I have a laptop that spends 90% of it's time on a single network, and a server with several shares where I store files, like pictures.
For example I have my fstab configured with this line:
//192.168.224.45/Pictures /home/jediwan/Pictures cifs credentials=/home/jediwan/.smbcredentials,uid=1000,gid=1000,x-systemd.automount 0 0
And it works great as long as I'm on the same network. But if I'm not on my main network the PC struggles to load GNOME and eventually crashes. What do?
EDIT: Adding nofail worked
For those not in the know, this channel does really great SNES and other retro console game reviews. I thought /c/startrek would enjoy this one!
I haven't been able to find one. Using Zorin OS which is GNOME.
Just about a week after getting sued.
The website and github are already down
"EmuDev" coders cite precautions, legal differences they say will offer protection.
Will developers give up or go to court?
A love letter to a bygone era of personal blogs and fan sites.
I recently switched to Linux (Zorin OS) and I selected "use ZFS and encrypt" during installation. Now before I can log in it asks me "please unlock disk keystore-rpool" and I have to type in the encryption password it before I'm able to get to the login screen.
Is there a way to do this automatically like with Windows or MacOS? Zorin has biometric login which is nice but this defeats the purpose especially because the encryption password is long and tedious to type in.
Also might TPM have anything to do with this?
EDIT: Based on the responses I have to assume some of you guys live in windowless underground bunkers sealed off with concrete because door locks "aren't secure against battering rams". Normal people don't need perfect encryption they just want to add an extra hurdle or two for the crackhead who steals the PC. I assumed Linux had a system similar to what Windows or MacOS has been doing for a decade but I am apparently wrong.
Tips and tricks for making Microsoft leave you alone while you use your PC.
I don't have a lot of space for consoles and cartridges, or money for consoles and cartridges but I do have a decent computer hooked up to a TV. What's the best way to get an authentic experience via emulation? Here's what I have so far:
Retroarch Settings
- HDR enabled (cant tell if it actually helps)
- Run-ahead enabled
- Mega Bezel shaders
- Retrobit saturn controller (having trouble getting configured but has an excellent dpad)
Emulators/cores:
- NES - Mesen
- SNES - bsnes
- Jaguar - Bigpemu (need to configure shaders)
- Megadrive/CD/32X - Picodrive
- PSX - ??? Swanstation?
- Saturn - Beetle Saturn
- N64 - Mupen64plus
Thing I need to work on:
- Tweaking shader settings as the defaults are very dark
- Configuring retrobit controller to work with Steam big Picture (how I launch Retroarch) and retroarch seamlessly
- Possibly finding a Big Box theme that is focused on original artwork and not garbage
Any advice/pointers? My goal is to eventually have a "pick up and play" setup possibly with different 8bitdo/retrobit controllers for each system.
Some Xbox games are coming to PS5 and Switch.
Russian volunteer group brags about devices it said it had purchased for Russian forces.
